

I plan on attending a wedding reception. The attire is semi-formal. I want to be comfortable and do not wish to wear a dress. Can I wear a black knee-length skirt and a crisp white shirt (or silky white blouse), black heels, pearls, and carry a black clutch purse and still be appropriately dressed?
The reception is at a fine hotel in the capitol at 6:30 p.m.
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Cocktail dresses are NOT semi-formal – much to short.
The look I’m going for is Grace Kelly in a black pencil skirt with a crisp, stiff collared shirt and pearls. It should be hardly what one would wear for cocktails.
